iTunes New Artist Spotlight is a list of featured new artists' releases organized by genre. The list is decided upon by iTunes editorial staff based on various factors sometimes including pre-order sales, musical quality and length of time artist has been active.

United States

2015 ArtistSong titleNatalie La RoseSomebodyPeking DukHighSusanne SundførFade AwayHayden JamesSomething About YouWhilk & MiskyBabe I'm Yours Kat DahliaCrazyPetite NoirChessMikky EkkoTimeRoyalPassengerT. O. L. D.Lucifer's EyesNiiaBodySam HuntBreak Up in a Small TownTove StyrkeBorderlineAronChupaI'm an Albatraoz

United Kingdom

2011 Alice Gold Benjamin Francis Leftwich Clare Maguire Gypsy & The Cat James Blake Jamie Woon Jessie J Katy B Summer Camp The Joy Formidable The Vaccines Treefight for Sunlight

2012 Dry the River Emeli Sandé Keaton Henson Kindness Labrinth Lana Del Rey Lianne La Havas Maverick Sabre Michael Kiwanuka Niki & The Dove The Staves Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

2013 Azealia Banks Bastille Daughter Disclosure Foxes Gabrielle Aplin Haim Kodaline Laura Mvula Rudimental Syron The 1975

2014 BANKS Chlöe Howl Dan Croll George Ezra Josh Record Laura Welsh Luke Sital-Singh MØ Saint Raymond Sam Smith Sampha Say Lou Lou SOHN Wolf Alice

2015 Becky Hill Ben Khan Circa Waves Ibeyi James Bay Josef Salvat MNEK Nothing but Thieves SOAK Years & Years

2016 Billie Marten Blossoms Clean Cut Kid Frances Jack Garratt Låpsley Mura Masa NAO Rationale Spring King The Japanese House Zak Abel

2017 AJ Tracey Dan Caplen DAVE Declan McKenna Jorja Smith JP Cooper Liv Dawson Rag'n'Bone Man Ray BLK Raye The Amazons The Magic Gang

Japan

2013 Aoi Yamazaki CHEESE CAKE Haruka to Miyuki Huwie Ishizaki Kuroki Nagisa nicoten Passepied Rina Sumioka Samezame Tofubeats Tricot Yoh Shibusawa

2014 Ailee banvox BLUE ENCOUNT Charisma.com Fhána KEYTALK Rei Yasuda Shiori Niiyama Suck a Stew Dry TANAKA ALICE USAGI WHITE JAM

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